THE BACHELORETTE: Men Tell It All & Kaitlyn Called A Whore

This week was a special week for The Bachelorette. The show takes somewhat of a break before the final rose ceremony, to bring us the Men Tell All special.

The show begins with Chris Harrison talking with 17 of the former contestants, while the final two Nick and Shawn are notably absent.

The first topic brought up is about Ian’s exit from the show. They show the clip of Ian basically calling all the guys out for being immature, as well as Kaitlyn Barlow for being shallow and un-classy. Instantly, this brings a storm of criticism from the other guys, calling Ian out for being “anti-social” and not even getting a chance to know any of them before labeling them all as “losers.”

Ian does however get one supporter: Corey. Don’t remember who Corey is?

Neither does the rest of the world.

Anyways, Corey backs up Ian saying that although he doesn’t necessary approve of the way he “delivered” his message, he does agree with the content of what Ian had said about Kaitlyn (recall: Ian told Kaitlyn it seemed like she was on the show to make out with a bunch of men).

However, Corey’s moment of glory (I think he talked more during this minute than he ever did on the actual show) is abruptly interrupted when Ben H. comes to Kaitlyn’s defense, asking the question that is undoubtedly on everybody’s mind: “How many weeks were you there?”

Despite Ben H. being the last man to get dumped before the finale, he still remains loyal to Kaitlyn. This will definitely win over some of the viewers’ hearts and puts him a good position to take on the role of the next Bachelor (which is reportedly the case).

After all of the backlash, Ian gets down on his knees in front of the audience and all the men and offers a “sincere” apology. The other men seem to buy into Ian’s spiel, but before the show can proceed, Ian makes a point to tell the crowd that ‘this is who [he really is].” Not too surprising, somehow Ian’s “grand gesture” to the men had to somehow end up being about Ian.

Next up, Clint and JJ trying to defend their exclusive relationship together. At one point, JJ explains that they were just “intellectually curious” about each other, as well as saying there was “a lot of meat to [the] relationship,” which he instantly regrets as the audience bursts into awkward laughter.

Now the hot topic is brought up: Nick. All the guys begin a back and forth how he came onto the show while the season was already in progress. Some guys are furious with her decision, like Joshua who mentions how Kaitlyn previous said that she saw her husband in the room, before Nick came on. Others expressed acceptance of Kaitlyn’s decision and agree that she needs to explore all her options, which unfortunately included Nick.

Then begins the Chris Harrison hot seat, whose first victim is JJ. JJ expresses remorse to turning his back on Clint when he was asked to leave the house. He also wish he had been more sensitive to the other men, as he brought his bold “hockey locker room” sense of humor to the house right away, which he feels may have been off-putting to some of the other contestants.

Another guy who gets the opportunity to be grilled by Chris Harrison in the hot seat is Jared. Highlighted in all the ads for the Men Tell All, Jared seemed to have one of the hardest times after being dumped by Kaitlyn.

Of course, in Chris Harrison-style, Chris makes sure to point out just how obvious Jared’s connection with Kaitlyn was, and how surprising his elimination was. Before letting Jared free from his hot seat misery, Chris announces that Jared will also be a part of Bachelor in Paradise.

The show closes out with the lady of the hour taking the hot seat – our Bachelorette Kaitlyn Bristowe. Kaitlyn, who comes out looking like a figure skater in a sparkly sequin number, is beaming as she naively walks into Chris Harrison’s trap.

Right off the bat, Chris brings up Kaitlyn’s “controversial decisions” on the show (alluding to her decision to be intimate with Nick early in the season). This is when Kaitlyn reveals that she has been receiving incredible amounts of hate over the web, including numerous death threats.

Chris Harrison takes this hot topic as an opportunity to read some of the intense tweets Kaitlyn has received, including:

“Kaitlyn is a selfish whore with no morals and a pathetic excuse for a human being! She should just crawl in a hole and die. I hope fans break her spirit so that our kids can see that whoring behavior isn’t rewarded…” (This, by the way was written by a mother)

Needless to say, despite Kaitlyn’s actions being controversial, the messages and posts directed at Kaitlyn demonstrate just how ridiculously cruel people can be when hiding behind a computer screen.

Somehow, Chris Harrison is able to transition the seriousness of the room into giving the guys an opportunity to talk to Kaitlyn for the first time since she booted them off the show.

The biggest topic of this part of the show is Nick (yet again). Kaitlyn is able to get a dig in when Jonathan questions Kaitlyn’s decision to let Nick in to the house, where she sweetly replies “didn’t you vote for Britt?” This pretty much shuts Jonathan up.

After thorough back and forth, Kaitlyn basically sums it up explaining that she could have handled the situation better, but she felt a connection with Nick and had to explore it.

One of the funniest parts of the show is when Kaitlyn asks Ryan if he is still “horned up,” which of course, he jokingly admits he is! He then, offers Kaitlyn a rose as an apology for his behavior (recall: he slapped her in the ass during the first night). After accepting his rose, Kaitlyn (presumably sarcastically) comments, “your hair looks great,” which unfortunately looks like a pre-teen skater boys hair (sorry Ryan, but you need a haircut).

Lastly, Chris cuts to the blooper reel, which features Joe claiming he is about to “piss himself” moments before Kaitlyn dumps him, and Amy Schumer calling JJ “Colonel Sanders.”

Now the wait begins for the finale of this season of The Bachelorette. Will it be Shawn or Nick getting the final rose?

You can catch the finale of The Bachelorette on ABC next Monday (July 27, 2015) at 8pm and then the following Sunday (August 2, 2015) The Bachelor in Paradise will air a 2-hour special on ABC, followed by it’s regular airtime premiere on Monday, August 3rd, both at 8pm as well.

Ricki Reay is a college student on Canada's lower mainland. She's interested in pop culture, especially shows like Survivor, Celebrity Apprentice, Jimmy Kimmel, Jeopardy, and anything good on Netflix. Since being with Movie TV Tech Geeks, Ricki has quickly ascended as our main movie writer along with our daily celebrity gossip girl.